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This continued until 1967, when its domestic pop artists moved to either Columbia Graphophone or Parlophone, and American performers were moved to Stateside Records, reserving HMV for classical recordings. [1] In July 1973, the Gramophone Company became EMI Records, with His Master's Voice continuing as a sub-label. [4]
HMV Hong Kong and HMV Singapore (1990s–2010s, "HMV" initials and "His Master's Voice" are both owned by HMV Brand Pte Ltd). HMV Middle East (2015–2022, "HMV" initials are owned by Al Mana Lifestyle Trading in Oman and Qatar , but by Palm Green Capital Limited in United Arab Emirates .
This will be, following runs from 1921 to 2000 and 2013–2019, HMV's third stint at 363 Oxford Street. On 18 May 2023, Sunrise Records announced HMV would re-enter the Irish market again with a shop on Dublin's Henry Street, in a unit previously occupied by the company during their first incarnation. The shop opened on 30 June 2023. [92] [93]
Beatrice Harrison (9 December 1892 – 10 March 1965) [1] was a British cellist active in the first half of the 20th century. She gave first performances of several important English works, especially those of Frederick Delius, and made the first or standard recordings of others, particularly the first recording of Elgar’s cello concerto in 1920 with the composer conducting.
He recorded for HMV, Vanguard Classics, and Harmonia Mundi. Deller also sang John Blow and Henry Purcell Odes like "Sound the trumpet" from Come Ye Sons of Art with the other great counter-tenor of the day, John Whitworth (1921–2013), who is favoured by critic Richard Lawrence for his magnificent voice.
[n 15] In 1917 the Gramophone Company (HMV) produced the first album of a complete Gilbert and Sullivan opera, The Mikado, followed by recordings of eight more. [138] Electrical recordings of most of the operas were then issued by HMV and Victor , beginning in the late 1920s, supervised by Rupert D'Oyly Carte . [ 139 ]
They appeared regularly in a German television series, Beat! Beat! Beat (1967). Wainer released several solo albums and singles, none of which made the UK charts. [13] Wainer and her husband moved to Las Vegas in 1968, working in cabaret. She later retired from music but remained in Las Vegas and worked in a gift shop.
Wood was born in Oxford Street, London, on 3 March 1869, [1] the only child of Henry Joseph Wood and his wife Martha, née Morris. Wood senior had started in his family's pawnbroking business, but by the time of his son's birth he was trading as a jeweller, optician and engineering modeller, much sought-after for his model engines. [2]